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Thanks. I never can remember the timelines, other than the Corringtons arriving.

This is such a lovely set of scenes, summarizing Jo's life in Henderson through the campaign ad (also a way to showcase her life to new viewers), seeing her friends praise her in the ad. Then showing them reacting to her ad, Jo reacting to her ad. Stephanie making annoyed faces and little digs, which is so realistic for what you do when someone you can't stand is being feted. And I suppose this is also tied to the impending end of her marriage. Seeing little Suzi praising Jo reminds me of how in Jo's final story, when she was kidnapped by Ann Flood, she flashed back to an emotional scene she'd had with Suzi. I still don't know why they thought they needed to kill Suzi off. I was going through some of that kidnapping story and it's much more violent than I had expected - Ann pushing Stu down scaffolding, Jo punching Ann and holding her at gunpoint, Ann jumping off scaffolding, Jo getting knocked out, etc. They played it well, but who was asking to see Jo and Stu in a Charles Bronson movie? This is another gorgeous scene. Jo and Stu truly had one of the best friendships ever on soaps. And the scene is over 6 minutes long! What a lost world. I wish this channel had shared more content.

I blame most on those on bad casting and writing choices. Ben being killed off was just sickness and depravity that ConWest couldn't get enough of. Marah and Shayne I think were hurt by the actors they chose to play them in the '00s, aside from Jeff Branson (by which point the show was ending). Marina was treated as the new generation but she was still ill-used after Aubrey Dollar left. Lizzie did eventually find her way, and I suppose Bill did too. I think the biggest mistakes were probably made with how they fumbled teen legacy characters in the '80s and '90s. In terms of certain somebodies, I think Jonathan hurt Marah and Shayne more than anyone else did.

I'd argue there was some familiarity with Doris, as she'd been on the show since the late '90s, but I agree most of the new characters weren't necessary compared to legacy characters.

I don't think it affected his later career. He re-invented himself with that show and his persona on it.

Vale: Lorraine Bayly | TV Tonight http://perfectblend.net/features/interview-bayly.htm I never saw her run on Neighbours but what a career.

Vale: Lorraine Bayly | TV Tonight Bayly was on any number of Australian shows, her biggest part possibly being a matriarch on The Sullivans. She was also on Neighbours. Post by @karenpberger.bsky.social — Bluesky So sad to share that legendary colorist Tatjana Wood has passed away at the age of 99. Her pioneering painterly touch graced scores of DC & Vertigo series. She was truly one of a kind and a special friend. May her memory be a blessing. @Vee You may know more about her than me. I saw that she was subjected to what seems to be a frivolous lawsuit from a vulture about a decade ago. This is one of her famous Swamp Thing panels:

I didn't know that. I love those early ABBA days.

If we count non-consecutive years, I suppose Liz would be the longest, then Russ.

@slick jones Thanks for all you've shared lately and updating Jed. Roark and Billy - both such stunning men. I did not remember that Billy was in that ill-fated Sopranos prequel. Paulie should never be that hot. Jeff Eagle passed away in November 2025. He had parts on DAYS and Dynasty. I wasn't sure if you knew or not for any files you have as he wasn't exactly a big name in the mainstream - I saw it mentioned on Rialto Report as he was a '70s porn stalwart under the name Jeffrey Hurst. They also had a number of nice headshots of him. That site is NSFW so if you don't want to go there and ever need any I think several are also available through Google image search.

I hope so. I was wondering which countries the episodes are available to watch in - is it geoblocked only in the US?

What does Henderson mean to me? | Search for Tomorrow - YouTube This is such a simple and pure speech, so suited to Jo and to Mary Stuart. Political stories on soaps often go haywire with so many errors and nonsensical details like gun battles and international cartels. I wish they'd done more with Jo's political career. There's a very sincere "end of the dream" spirit here so typical of the mid/late '70s, especially when Jo breaks out her guitar: Jo wins the race for City Council! - YouTube This clip is compelling because you get to see just what a stacked cast the show had at the time, even just sitting in the audience. Mary Stuart Michael Nouri sing First TIme Love | Search for Tomorrow

I think there was a genuine surge in interest in Suits. It was high on the charts for a while and the two male leads did some ads (I think a cell phone company). That may have just been down to the strike, but there was some support. If they were going to bring the show back they probably should have had some of the original cast pop up for more than a cameo. Beyond that, I did see a number of people blame Amell's character (along with the writing) as they felt the character and performance were both poor.

Thanks. I didn't see that on his credits.

Thanks @janea4old Temp recasts are one of my favorite parts of soaps and GH is pretty much the only one which still does that. I don't think he's been on a soap before.

Seems like it's someone every day lately. I know he had a long life and some big comebacks but still I feel sad. "Laughter in the Rain" is one of those songs I listen to sometimes to get in a mellow mood. "Love Will Keep Us Together" is also one of the best pop songs. Thanks for the link @wonderwoman1951 Rob Grant has also passed. He co-created Red Dwarf, among other things. The early seasons of Red Dwarf were so good. Radio TimesRed Dwarf cast and crew pay tribute after beloved co-crea..."He was one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. A visionary."

The stories about RKK on DAYS go back a long way, along with claims that Rinna and Kristian got him fired (Rinna was about to leave so I'd guess Kristian was the main force - she has never been anybody you [!@#$%^&*] with).

I remember seeing this at the time, maybe in some soap magazine as I wasn't reading any GL board at that point.

Thank you. I hope they make it available or someone can tell us if May 1, 1980 is available elsewhere.

There are so many I wish could have been on a soap so I understand that. I know Doug Hutchison was praised highly for his work, but like Pelphrey I just thought he was very hammy (worse than Pelphrey). I do wonder what may have been if they'd culled some of the people who were just there because they were cheap and hired some stronger talent. This is another reason why soaps being an hour long and needing to fill so much time hurts them.

Thanks. Is this available in the US? Do you have to pay? I can't remember. I'd be curious to see if it's an episode we already have.

Yes...drug dealing, stalking Alex. It's a sign of how far gone morally GL was that she was still there to the end. Marj did her best, I guess, and I did like some of her work near GL's close. I love Joan Collins, but they should have known she wasn't going to raise the ratings. FOX had already tried that with Pacific Palisades.

He would have been great, although out of their price range. Joan is someone else I think would have always been out of GL's price range beyond the limited time they had her. What I wish they'd done was set an arc for her and then done a proper recast down the line. That may have been the plan but then they, IIRC, didn't let her have the time she needed for her book tour, so she left. Even then it seemed like that stint was more open-ended than it should have been.

I watched the pilot and the first few episodes of the regular show that re-used some of the pilot material. The changes were very interesting (without giving away too much of story). The pilot is simultaneously more mature and less explicit than the first few episodes. Jeremy Sims, who was Alex, the core male role on there, called the early show "Home & Away with tits," and he's not wrong. You get real whiplash as the main soap added a grandmother character and a younger brother character for more of a family sense, yet one of the very first shots of the show is Sims' cute backside as be bounds out of bed (in the pilot the character is only ever shown from the waist up). Later in the pilot the same woman stops by his place and runs a bath for herself - he never gets in the bath with her. In the show, he again drops trou and climbs in with her. There's also a shift when some bohemian character who beds his way across the continents returns home and when one of the airport security guards says he's going to have to be strip searched, he says he wants the female guard to do it. In the pilot, she makes an annoyed face before the guys tell her she can leave the room. In the show, she looks bemused/turned on before the guys tell her she can leave the room. Marcus Graham played Alex in the pilot. He decamped to E Street before the show was picked up. It's the same character, but he's more straightforward and fits in more as part of the "normal" family. He also doesn't play Alex's sexuality quite as heavily. Sims is much more open in Alex being a sleaze, more in line with someone from Dynasty, and the show goes along, with his good looks undercut by extremely slicked back hair (I think they improve his hair a little as he moves more into being the show's engine) and writing which more directly blames him for something bad that happens in the early episodes (in the pilot the blame is more nuanced). He no longer makes as much sense with the family, and along with some casting choices, makes them feel redundant. The casting for his best friend/brother-in-law, a key role in the early stages, is much more generic in the show - you can believe he and Alex are old friends from wilder days in the pilot but in the show, he seems too vanilla. The female casting is more memorable in the pilot. The mother is so good that as the pilot went along, she was the character I most connected with. The younger sister and her struggles are more compelling. The aunt is something of a Morag character, a real bitch goddess with some heart, and the actress is fascinating. All of the actresses in the main show are more generic, not bad per se, nowhere near as interesting. (there's another interesting change where in the pilot, when the family needs money, the mother suggests she wouldn't know how as she's been a homemaker, while in the show, the mother says she has just worked in a few shops) The father in both is the same and does a good job with some very stock situations. The early episodes close on a happy and surprising event which in the pilot is not as happy, because the characters are going through some terrible times when they get the news. You see that they are conflicted and also numb by the sudden change. In the episodes, the characters basically just go WOOHOO!!! so we will understand that it's meant to be good news. There's also a circular moment at the end of the pilot which they likely did in case someone wanted to run it as a telefilm but didn't pick up the show itself. And there's more location footage, clearly more money to go around, which adds to the viewing quality. I can see why the network did not keep the format of the early episodes for very long. I am interested in just when and how sharply and quickly the format changes.